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Show ator, in CoHonial Theater, Speaks to Vast and Appreciative Audience, Avoiding Abuse, but Reciting Indisputable Pacts INTS OUT WAY TO FREE UTAH FROM DOMINATION OF A COVETOUS PRIESTCRAFT mendous Ovation Greets the Former Senator and Spontaneous Applause Continues Throughout Masterful Address iHKjFormcr tinted Slates Senator Fran Is ;jjfcrCanuon told so mo plain truths in a iJhiin -way at the Colonial tlicator Sat-Ktlny Sat-Ktlny night. An uudienco that Tilled ijBtp house and overflowed into the fjMjjby heard Senator Cannon tell these j'jBlkhi t rut ha ami that audience made fjBfOiiifcst its approval by long-oontin-uBjd applause. Eloquent and convinc-twg, convinc-twg, Vvith lllat forco ho well known to jSiu people of Salt Lake, Senator Cnn-ittiu Cnn-ittiu held his audience in closest atteu-gmtiu atteu-gmtiu i'rotn the beginning until the last SHfrds had boon spoken. rMfScualor Cannon 'b addinss was a 2B&3tcrful effort. Beautiful Tu rhetoric BjSjd elegance of diction, Senator . Can-Su' Can-Su' feut homo his unassailable facts fjHU a heavy hammer aud clinched Hcm with a strong pair ol pincers, .rihtor Caiiiion reviewed briofly. but jjytli telling force, the history of tho ,'Hjraiinn.uce of the Mormon church iu BTo polities of Utah, and bitterly ar-jKigucd ar-jKigucd tho law-breaking priests of that jBturcli, -who are openly aud flagrantly Holtiting (ho laws of Cod aud man aud Mio, qguusel othors to do likewise. ,M4flherc was no mistaking tho moaning' Suuator Cannon's sentences. Each Kts an- orderly arrangement of -words ippily eliohou to express tho thought pd n.i'er -was there a word that could iMW possible nxarc,ia of luUUifJohii, sconstrutd. Scualor Cannon. Aia not iB'nt. II o -was nevor abusive. Ho did- hn to be. Tho story he had to tell I) sufficiently convincing in itsolf. jKScnutor Cannon -'s exposition of tho do-pnible do-pnible political conditions in Utah was aH&hoeking talo of troachcry, deceit and IBreed. Ho pointed the way in which kcs4 conditions may be overcome and JHtali, in the end. be mado a free state, jRstnto. worthy in every way to I alio 'lik in tho sisterhood of tho union. B? Given on Ovation. tK:Scnator Cannon's reception amounted fM&an ovation. When tho distinguished tJBptor and writer arose tho applause fPis deafening. liandkorchiofs and jXtts were -waved in tho air and men Via women shouted out their welcome. jDiorp was no tpicstion that thev were o, to seo him. Throughout; tho ad Kchb tho speaker's words wero greeted jjEtu demonstralions that left no ouo in ij9"b( as to tho genuineness of tho in-.Pireeniciit in-.Pireeniciit of tho auditors. jatThc mooting was held under tho aus-C03 aus-C03 of tho American club. Judge A. K Wcbor, president of the club, iutro-iccd iutro-iccd Senator Cannon, aud incidentally poo ii fow remarks that, aro pal. just ,Vtliis lime. Judge Weber eongrnlulat-H. eongrnlulat-H. tJic audience upon its numbers and Kin tho courage the people displayed braving the dangers that, according ovc.nor pr-N' bosefc vcry person JmiSalt bake jKi'I congratulate you," Said .'ludfie PhR, ' 11 1r:iv'C yJr homes tonight Ad going through Governor Snry's JVCU of terror to como here. It re-rt?H re-rt?H bravery to faco the hiniiiiiorabfo. Bassius. liighwaymon and robbers who jwfcsl this cilv aud it requires bravery SleHxo vour homes exposed to burglars pgcons-cipnt'oiis burglar,' who give OTW.eir undivided trust and confidence in jUfi "potolif, red-ink newspaper. MB some coiisidatioii to know that jjSperltf Sharp's rerimont of deputies Oonfming their oporationa to tho JISMunls I hoy know so -well, and wbero WRtmnnls most do congregated If tho HHiputins were patrolling the rcsidoiico "tricts. then the nuso for alarm would "freiiuine and widespread." WglJudini Wober introduced Senator ipnuon us the "jiHed son of Utah, ibe SKI1 ' ,.'(,,lvnicinir Frank -I. Cannon." receding .Ju.Jiw. Velnr's remarks a CTliirtoUe han.: "The .March of Na-lns. Na-lns. - and the snw sinners dosed the JcUu.f -with " Reantiful Cardon of ySjK- ' "n, selections were given with jHpHSiiiLT effect and wore well received. IMw "ineml.nr. of I1i duartelte wore "Mrs. Wrinne Uri llannner, liss Kdvi vver, .f. Hcrberl Summera and .1. AV. Bomj "'r"S ''lrjor'u' vfly v"b tho 'jSnti Senator Cannon Speaks, ciiator Cannon spoke in part an fob WBgellnw .im rleans. wUI oadi uue of cpnuiinrio wllli your, villi hhusolf or Mr1'' " :l"Me.- aud In truth l.y yy,ir JHUV' V". u:, Vmw'lf "".I answer v, Bwo- 'lV,'1!i- K't,,l,, st PC"' teal , ,n,'U(l ;' who have aKed tli l'v replied to youraolve.! will. 3KL? xrf,K"lo and you know it. -piiu Vur In tlil state or I'lali." (I tliero Km "uMy dl;.putc!i t,o usKcrtlon? I ifiK MtunemlniiK fact. ( ., xUnfi 4Ktitatolioo(, und to eoiiHldor carcfuUv JyBiiil?,m ,f M-o shall ho no chauK". pvo .ou-rrullnB earlh liof ,.MJ T fu ture. Rut the power of tho kingdom liai! in embodied form in Utah. J felt that the lawH of the republic wero bolnt; rlsr-! rlsr-! orously and most thoroughly enforced against my people, and therefore 1 abodo with thcin and helped to flcht thoir bat-tics. bat-tics. What was the condition of thut Continued from Pago Two. PLAIN TRUTHS, TOLD BY CANNON, CHEERED TO ECHO Continued from Pago One. time:' From IKS I until 1868 was a porlod whlc.Ii Ik known as tlio niltt In Utah. Practically ovory man of im'noi'tnnco of tho Mormon cliurcli lm1 boon In prison or was In prison or lincl gone. Ilko the present chief of tho church, Into anfu oxllo In sonic of tho colonics of the church. Tho sorrow and tho affliction which wcro upon tho pcoplo hnre wcro Inimonsurcahlc. Under the oschonl. proceedings pro-ceedings the property of tho community had been noised and was held in possession posses-sion by the national government. Political Po-litical rights, wu had practically none on our side. It Is true thai the monopamlBts of lh church still held their rlprhts to vote In local elections. Still wo could olect a legislature, mil the government had the absolute power of veto. Tho Judges wore men who were .sent by tho national government to adjudicate oven In our Iocnl affairs, and practically all the Jury service was within tho custody of tho minority population. I point thorn to throe things, thore wn rigorous prosecution of thoso men who had entered Into innrrlagc relations which wcro held b'nered by their church and by themselves, but which wero offcnslvo to the laws of this country and antagonized by the civilized nations of this world. There was an escheat of the property of the church, bocuuse It was deemed ln the wisdom of congress that tho property prop-erty of tho Mormon church was being misused for the propagation of offenses against the Institutions of this country, and ns for politics, we were only citizens citi-zens of a territory. Citizenship Restored. I assisted, with others of tho power of the kingdom, to carry us through our temporary difficulties. Inspired leadership, leader-ship, claiming authority from on high to administer In spiritual matters, also claimed to spenk by tho voice of tho Almighty Al-mighty In temporal affairs, and again and again. In tho dark hours t heard, the leaders 6f the pcoplo say "tho Lord will care for his own. This Ik his work. Trust In him and he will take care of us." .And then I saw when wo were nil In danger of extermination that the leaders lead-ers of tho church and kingdom of God on earth turned to the American nation and asked for mercy, and received It. and when I put up my hand nnd accepted amnesty, I became a citizen of the republic, re-public, and so did they become citizens of the republic under covenants the holiest that men over gavo in order to obtain an estate, in ordor to obtain n. restoration of civil rights, In order to obtain ob-tain a gift back to them of the property which had been escheated to the government. govern-ment. When Benjamin Morrison wiped out the offense, blotted It out. no more prosecutions, prosecu-tions, no more breaking up of families, no more sending of husbands to prison, no more exile for the wives who were afraid to testify, and no more little children chil-dren going mound and denying the nnmo of their fathers lest their fathors suffer for it! A gift so vost, so splendid, so merciful to us all. fltat It seems to me that those who had been presenC Ihono who had been witnesses of tv.e cruelty nnd persecution, as wo call 'I, of that lime, can never forget ln tola world .ior the world to come. Chiefs of Church Got Property. And as for the property. It was given back by the nation to the chiefs of the church. I myself wrote the last bill by which the Mast vestlgo of real estntc was restored, and when men said. "We fear that the sentiment of tho United' Stutos would not applaud us If we were to restore It unconditionally." I begged of them not to Insult these men of honor by restoring tho properly on a conditional bill, and on tho word of honor which they would give and which I preached, the property was restored without with-out condition. Not so sacred in my eyes was the giving giv-ing back of the property, but it seems to me that some of tho parties at tho. head of the street were more grateful for the dollars they got back from the national government than for the restoration resto-ration of their political rights. The Man of Broken Pledges. When amnesty was given, every man in tho church so far as I know resumed his citizenship. Thereby thore was a political gift to the people hero wnlch put them on equal footing with their fellow citizens of tho republic. Then in the great tabernacle at Salt Lake and In the conference, the man- who said thut he defied anyone to point to a pledge which he had broken to the world, and asked If any man could testify of n broken pledge. I testify to one. Me signed a petition for amnesty to President Presi-dent Benjamin Harrison, and President Benjamin Harrison restored him to his citizenship on condition that he should nol longer offend against the law. He took his citizenship aud ha broke the pledge. No doubt lie would dlspulo Hint my word was good. On ono occasion his word was good, for ho testified In Washington that he had broken the pledge, but lest you should not be willing will-ing to accept his word on that point, and you cannot always accept .It, the record stands imperishable. In the darkest hours of the history of the Mormon church Itc chief men 'pledged their honor and the honor of the pcoplo to an obedience of the laws. Benjamin Harrison Issued the manifesto on condition condi-tion that (he laws should be obeyed. The citizenship was taken Into the keeping keep-ing of the men who theretofore had been proscribed, and they are exercising not only their own right of citizenship, but the right of citizenship of the wholo inasa of their peoplo today. Politically even In the territory we were still proscribed, bul presently there was a restoration In so far as a generous gen-erous nation could give, of all the rights which human creatureo can enjoy. Ought to Be Best People. This pcpple ought, to be the beat in the nation, for no people In any othor stale of modern times in tills republic has had such tutelage as we had. Sovereignty Sov-ereignty came to Utah under extraordinary extraor-dinary circumstances, and associated with extraordinary responsibilities. Never since the tlino of the civil war had there been a state in which had existed such local strife as had prevailed here. Never In any other Instance has so much been forgiven upon one side and forgotten on the other. Never in any other state had tho people been elevated from such lowliness to such splendor. I refer again to the Inquiry which I made of you. It is the groundwork of nny description of political conditions in Utah today. What is the chief political power of this stato of. Utah? If the promise be correct that the Mormon church Is of the chief political po-litical power within this sovereignty, then there has tiol only been a violation of the covenant made in the past, but thero is hopelessness for tho future, until that fact shall be corrected. Does the chieftainship of the Mormon church carry with 11 Jn this stato the chieftainship in the temporal affairs of our government? Thero has not been since 180C elected a senator in Utah who did not previously have the approval of the president of the church, not one. In 1897 Joseph L. Rawlins was elected senator sena-tor from Utah. Ably and well he filled that splendid station, and what I shall say is no reflection on his personal or hlB political Integrity, but everv one In this audience who was an observer of those times knows that the Mormon church transferred a- Republican Into tho Democratic column when Joseph L. Rawlins Raw-lins was elected over Moses Thatcher. In 1809 another vacancy was to occur in the senatorship. and so Apostlo Grant, with the good will of Lorenzo Snow, selected se-lected a gentleman who was carrying Apostle Grant's' financial burdens. Apostle Apos-tle Grant's Influence was fatal enough to the candidate that even tho power of the church could not elect him. And then the same Influence which had designated him removed him from the racu. Toward the closo of that, awful, trying nesslon. in which I think 100 ballots wore taken, I had this oxporlenco: I also was a candidate, can-didate, a candldato for re-elootlon to the senate. PrcBldcnL Snow sent word that ho wanted to noo mo at headquarters. I went to President Snow's house at night and ho sold. "1 want to lalk to you about the sonatorshlp," and then and thore, tlndlng that Apostle Grant had made a mistake In his selection of a candidate, can-didate, Lorenzo Snow told me It was the will of tho Lord that George Q. Cannon should be olooted senator, and I was supposed sup-posed to step out and Induco my supporters sup-porters In tho legislature, Gentile as well an Mormon, to transfer their allegiance, on the strength of that revelation. I refused to do U. I asked President Snow If ho was going to publish that revelation revela-tion from tho Lord. Ho Bald, "No." I sold, "then If you won't publish it, I won't obey It, bocaUHn if God Is ashamed of It, I nm also." No one was elected by that session of tho legislature. Next. Thomas Kcarno was olectod een-ator een-ator of the United States. Ho was elected elect-ed and he tilled tho station honorably, but thero Isn't a .question In anyone's mind who knows tho facts, but that Prosidont Snow preferred Thomas Kcarns to tho Smith candidate for the senate of the United States. Joseph V. and John Henry, being prophets by Inheritance, had ventured to mako a political arrangement arrange-ment of thwlr own, without consulting President Snow, and they wore called temporarily away from the Held of activities, ac-tivities, while President Snow designated Thomns Kearns as his chief. Is thoro anyone hero who disputes It? A Voice I would llko the Deoeret News to got that down. Mr. Cannon Tho Desorel News will publish tho Articles of Faith and say that all the truth that anyone needs to know Is within that statement The Deseret News never publishes any disturbing truths nbout any modern events. Smoot Choso Himself. The next senator elected was Reed Smoot. Does anyone here disputo that he. was selected by tho authorities of the Mormon church? A meeting was hold ln tho temple and Reed Smoot proposed himself as a candidate candi-date for the senatorship on the strength of the tender made by Lorenzo Snow, that If ho would step out of tho way and let Thomas Kcarns bo elected, the next senator to follow would bo Smoot. Several of tho apostles thought that he wa3 piling the earthly honors on top of the divine on earth rathor thickly. Some of them recalled that the last preceding pre-ceding apostlo of the Mormon church who had seriously nought tho senatorship had lost both. They did not believe that the brilliant, the splendid Moses Thatchor was big onough for both, but Reed Smoot was perhaps big enough for both, or perhaps elthor, were they merged. Nono of thorn had a very active antagonism to it. and lie was selected, and you and I all know that from the moment It was announced that Reed Smoot had permission per-mission from his quorum to run for the senatorship, not a Gentile In Utah would have paid $5 to open headquarters for himself. What was the use? Sutherland's Amazing Intelligence The next senator olocted from Utah was George Sutherland. Georgo Sutherland Suther-land Is a man of very fine Intelligence. The unmistakable truth of It 1b that after Smoot wis elected senator at the time George would have liked to be elected Senator, George quit lighting the power of the church In politics. An exhibition ex-hibition of remarkable discriminatory Intelligence In-telligence which you rarely find In any except such as Senator Sutherland. And the skill with which he selected the moment mo-ment to quit lighting agaln3t the church really has attached Itself to all his proceedings pro-ceedings as senator. The publications of the cast pay great deference to our Utah ruler. More than one magazine of national na-tional importance performs what It considers con-siders a public duty by pointing out that just as surely as Reed Smoot follows Ald-rlch. Ald-rlch. Just so surely does George Sutherland Suther-land follow Reed Smoot. Does any one doubt that George Sutherland had the approval of the Mormon church for that senatorship? If any one doubts It or disputes It I would like to have an Indication of the first circumstance in that campaign to indicate that tho Mormon church was not perfectly satlsfldd to have Mr. Sutherland Suther-land as Mr. Smoots understudy, his echo aud colleague. Defines a Jack-Mormon. One of the presidents told me that Senator Kcarns had digged his own political po-litical gravo. and they were going to have somebody there, since It must be a Gentile, who would be Just as good as a Mormon In times of peace, and a little lit-tle bit better. For If you want :t man who will be absolutely supine under the rule of the church, don't pick a Mormon, ho may rebel; pick a Juck-Mormoii, he nevor will. Ah, there Isn't a Mormon or Gentile hero that don't know. Mormons Mor-mons know where to draw the lino between be-tween obodlcncc to the word or God aud rebellion against the mere priestly word at least some of thorn do but a Jnck-Mormon Jnck-Mormon Is groping In the dark tremblingly, trem-blingly, lie never knows where the line Is. and so lie goes clear over Into the arms of the church. When Senator Kcarns refused to follow the dictates of the church, and when particularly he spoke against tho seating seat-ing of an apostle of the church In the halls of congress, he did dig his political grave, and as far as- tho church could bury him. it Interrod him In that grave and from that cemetery It reared the pale passion flower, Sutherland. Who was that in Washington, when the Payne-AIdrlch bill waa under consideration con-sideration and somo of the schedules became be-came too much for oven tho strong stomach of Mr. Aldrlch who was It that defended every atrocity of tho Payno-Aldrlch Payno-Aldrlch bill? Cries of "Reed Smoot." "No, It wasn't Reed Smoot." Mr. Cannon No, it wasn't Reed Smoot It was Joseph F. Smith, acting through him. The physical appearance was Smoot. How many men have been elected from Utah to the national congress against the will of tho Mormon church since 1S0G? Cries of "Nono." How many men have failed of election since 1890 that tho Mormon church wanted? Cries of "Nono." How many have been elected governor of Utah against the will of the Mormon church? How many men have failed whom the Mormon church selected for the office? Mow many bills havo over been passed by a Utah legislature that the Mormon church disapproved? How many bills have ever fnllcd of passago that the Mormon church approved? A Voice "Prohibition." Mr. Cannon Wo were assured by tho good ministers of the gospel and the noble men and women who clasped their hands that we should havo prohibition in Utah. The good miiilsters and the splendid women gave us good cause to think that the church that had rulod In Utah from the beginning and 'It might have had prohibition hi Utah at any lime had It Wanted was for prohibition. But also, there was the Z. C M I., that Indulges in the sale of intoxicating liquors, which the brethren would buy. elsewhere if they didn't buy there, and oo, between the promise of the good, preachers and the splendid women on the one side, and tho church's commercial commer-cial Interest on the other, there was nothing for them to do but for Joseph F. Smith to go to Honolulu and take the church with him, and leave Bill Spry with the state. And. of course, you and I know that Brother Joseph said to Brother William, "Somebody has got to be the goat. , You veto that bill when I ajn gon.e. and when I get back I will sec. that no consequences of evil fall upon your head." And that is all there was to tho prohibition bill. For once they got caught between the upper and the nether millstones, but they didn't get ground to powder. How many bills have ever been signed by the governor of this state that the Mormon church did not want to have 3lgned? How many bills have been vetoed ve-toed that the Mormon church wanted to have signed? A Voice The Evans bill. Mr. Cannon Yes, nnd I will tell you the truth about the Eavns bill. Some of the leading ecclesiasts who had boon taking tak-ing young wives wanted It flxed ho that no one hut tho legal wlfo could ever make complaint, and they got tho bill passed, and when It was passed tho shock wont over tho 1'nitod States, nnd the ecclesiasts ecclesi-asts concluded to change the arrangement arrange-ment and gel credit out of It. So, after tho bill had pasocd both houses of the legislature in obodionco to command from headquarters, Govornor Wells vetoed It, also In obodionco to command from headquarters, head-quarters, and I know the man that wrote the veto niossago. So, tho hlBtory of tho vano bill, the history of prohibition, proves that thuy can do It ope way today to-day and another way tomorrow, Church In Politics. ..jy011, tneP lf. " :icL has passed or .an pasH tho Utah legislature without the approval of the church and If no man can bo elected to cither house of congroas agulust the will of tho church, what Is the chief political power ln tho i.tato of Utah? Thero again Is a condi-"which condi-"which you as American citizens must elthor submit or light. i.i for '"J'BC-lf. I said when I became a citizen of tho republic that to tho ling I owed my political devotion I have taken my oath as a citizen nnd I do not propose to break It You and 1 do not oxoreiso within tho stato of Utah tho full rlghtn of citizenship whoro the church rules with absolutism all the political po-litical affairs of this sovereignty. There, Ihen was a violation of the pledge. There, then Is established a condition from which wo of Utah must rescue burGclvcs or else wo shall fall behind In the race even such states as Portugal. All over i? ,VJ.C wor'fl men aro casting off all political allegiance to a church. I speak no disrespect to that greatest of churches on tho face of this earth In splendor of history, ln magnitude of power, the Catholic Cath-olic church, when 1 say that the states where Its power has been exorcised ln civil affairs arc today enfranchising themselves nnd- saying, within tho province pro-vince of tho church you shall be ou-premo, ou-premo, the state will not cross those boundaries, and within tho provlnco of the state tho civil right Is supreme, tho church shall not rule therein. Political conditions in Utah aro but an Incitement of another condition in this state. Why is It that the Mormon church desires to exercise absolute power hi civil atralrs? Again wo must refer to the word of a man who Is tho law-giver for the whole community and who sometimes some-times tells the truth. In Washington on the witness stand ho denied tho right of tho senate of the United States to in-qutro in-qutro into his personal affairs, saying that though he dlsoboyed I he laws of God and man ho was amenable to the civil authority within his own state, and he added that the officers of tho law In his stato did not touch him because they had too much respect for him. Why docs the Mormon church desiro to exorcise complete political autocracy In Utah? Answer, because the chief of the Mormon church desires that the civil officials shall entertain a wholesomo political po-litical rospeel for his power. Wiry None Complain. Whn Irving Sayfer was hero Investigating Investi-gating conditions and writing some articles ar-ticles for a paper" abroad, he asked a distinguished man In this community. P. H. Lannan. why aomobody did noL complain of tho prophet, seer and revc-lator revc-lator who Just tcstltlud In Washington that ho lived In violation of luw. Docs any ono dispute that he gave that testimony? tes-timony? It is In tho record and those records nro not changed over nlglit and they are avullable for Amerlcun citizens citi-zens to exnmlne. To this Mr. Lanmui said- "Do you mean why do not I com plain.' Sayfer said: "No, No. I don't mean you." Lannan said: "You mean me If you mean anybody." "I will lei! you why 1 don't: If I should complain tho prosecuting prose-cuting attorney would not Issue a warrant. war-rant. If he Issued a warrant the sheriff wouldn't servo It. Ho would toll President Presi-dent Smith that ho had It and ho would not servo It If he did .serve It and Joseph Jos-eph F. Smith camo Into court there would not be any witnesses. If there were any witnosscs they would lie. If thov did not He but told the truth no Jury would con-vlct con-vlct him. If It did convict him the judge would not senlenco him. If tho Judgo did sentence him it would be a tine of J300 and thrco thousand Mormons would bo ready to crawl to tho temple and pay tho lino at 10 ennts apiece." And very soon thereafter Joseph F. Smith was arrested and a kind of convention con-vention was entered into between the Judicial power of the state and tho ruler of tho state, not as coordlnato branches but a?, a subordinate branch of tho government gov-ernment nddrcsslng Its monarch and It was arranged at what hour It would plcaso his majesty to uppoan before tho court. At thai hour he rnific attended by his courtier: and then it ml there tho Judge, bowing his head before the august aug-ust power which ho uddresscd. said Inasmuch In-asmuch as this Ik tho first tlino you havo appeared before this court (this was the twelfth child born slnco tho manifesto) and your llrst offense, tho court will lino you S.100. The exact amount. It took the tithes just, about as long to accumulate at headquarters to pay the $300 as tho time that Joseph F consumed ln his Interview with the court. Polygamy and Crime. Now, I never raised my volco against the polygamy 4of Utah provlous to 1S!'0. Nor do I now utter one criticism upon the poople who In that tlmo bclloved in and obeyed It as a law to thorn. I havo only addressed myself against the Infractions Infrac-tions of tho law of the stute and covenant with the nation. Its prnctlco in this age Is tho arch criminality of the time. Whv Is It that The Sail Lake Trlbuno can publish 207 new cases of polygamy, with date and circumstances? Do you suppose sup-pose they got It all? Do you suppose they got one-tenth of It? Do you think thero Is a Ho In that list? (If there was they would make them pay for It!) Surely Sure-ly they would make thorn pay for It. Some of the courts of Utah would be quite willing to entcrtuln a criminal complaint com-plaint ngalnst Senator Kcarns and The Tribune. The prosecuting attorney of this county would Issue a warrant easily enough lf any ono hnd been libeled. Why Is It continued? Because the chief of the church Intended to violate one part of the law and ono part of the covenant wllh the country and ho desired to havo around him a crowd of young followers who, having dlsobeyod their part of the law and the covonant, would do hlii will. That Is why. and you know It. Why is It that big. splendid B. H, Roberts cannot declare his complete Independence In-dependence of the Mormon hierarchy? Why Is it v Why was it mat Moses Thatcher was compelled. In order to save his poor membership In tho church to sign tho,- warrant of his own dishonor? Because thero was not another spot on the civilized globe where a man with his family relations could set his foot within tho civilized conventions except within tho Mormon church. That's why. When the government of this nation legitimatized every child born of plural marriage and when thereby It gave tho greatest sanctity which human law could confer upon the splendid mothers of tho Mormon church who had accepted the faith and borne the cross, when 100,000 children of Utah were brought within the conventions of mankind, whon 10.000 women were lifted up and honored, we had escaped a peril In this community such as no other civilized people have evor safely passed. You and I know that when communities engage In social experiment ex-periment and they fall, the consequences of the failure fall upon the poople who have failed, but tho government was loo big hnd generous and thu people of the United States wore too maguunlmous to permit Innocent women and children to suffer any stigma of dishonor and they gav to us equal rights, so far us law rnn r-nnfnr In fhr nrttMnl nrtnvontlnn wltli all the rest of honorable mankind. Then wo had for the children born at that time the sanction of God's law as the church pronounced It and the recognition or the laws of our country. We had crossed the tremendous chasm on a single thread and got over onto solid ground once more. Prediction Comes True. What do you think of a man who would plunge his people back Into that pit? Five years ago, on tho stage of a Salt Lake theater. 1 said that tho people who were entering Into new plural marriages mar-riages would And that in a crisis the heads of tho church would desert them. Is It a true prediction? Is not that exactly ex-actly what tho church proposed to do at the recent conference? In order to Jiold Reed S'moot's seat in the senate John W. Taylor and M. Fl Cowlev were dropped from the quorum Just the other day Tolman, was called to account ac-count for exercising authority to perform per-form plural marriages nt Bountiful within with-in nlno miles of Salt Lnko. He said he had beon performing them from behind a sheet; that the peoplo came thero with their faces covered with handkerchiefs: that he did not keep any record of them because the record was kept up above. Is there any effort to check it? Neither is there any efforl on the "port of the church to remit any part of Its political i absolutism. And thero is no genuine effort ef-fort on the part of the church to put a final ending to tho prnctlco of plural marriage. Misuse of Rostorcd Monoy. They gavo a pledge about tho property. prop-erty. It war. to bo used for benevolent purposes. I presumed thai, the poor would nol be entirely fnrgotton. Ono day a fow years ago when a certain Individual " by tho 'hamc of Jones, with tho sobriquet of "Mutton nill," was presiding pre-siding over tho Inquisition known as tho poorhouse county poorhouoo hero In Salt ILke Tho Tribune told how the paupers were trtated and he sued for damage, sued for libel. Among tho witnesses wit-nesses who wore brought up thoro was a man who had worked ln a church Institution In-stitution for twcnty-flvo years and paid his Utiles ho couldn't help It. They were taken out of his pay chock every week and that man on ono of tho cold days In winter came up from tho poor-house poor-house with a straw hat on. holes In his shoes, no socks, and a pair of overalls. It would seem to me that beforo they build marble hotels. In which some Gen-tllb Gen-tllb money in Invested ao a hostage, that they would better take out of the poor-house poor-house all the men who paid tithes all their working llvos. I say to you who know that the prop-orty prop-orty of the Mormon church was handed back to them without condition upon the supposition that the Mormon church would care for all its poor and the supposition sup-position was. the pledge was, that the property would be used in works of benefaction. bene-faction. How has It been used? To establish refuges In Canado, where Hie Alpha lllggsos can go and be elevated to authority within the church, and In Mexico, Mex-ico, whore tho Tanners can go and have a halfway house op the road to South America. That is what It hao been used for. Church and Trusts. It has been used for tho exploitation of Interests In which the church Is affiliated affil-iated with tho trusts of tho country. Is that true? Is there anyono here that disputes that the church Is In tho BUgar Industry of the west .as. a side partner of the natlonul sugar trusl? Is there anybody hero who disputes that every Gentile dollar thut goes Into any of the enterprises of Ihe church Is a live inducement in-ducement to the Gentile who Invests It to bo good? The church used the property prop-erty which was restored to It for the promulgation of tho very things which wero Inhibited. Three of the prime conditions con-ditions have been violated. And now In there a remody? In the old times when we organized thin party I believed that 11 might spread through the length and breadth of Utah and that young men bom of Mormon parents and themselves affiliated with tho church, and young women seeing the splendor of American citizenship, would rally to Its support, and I doubted nol that every Gentile In Utah would be only too glad to sco upraised the flag of our country dominating the civil affairs of the state. Why have not we had It? Why is It that this magnlflcont promise lias In any way failed? Is II because of a lack ot courage cour-age here at homo? I think not. I know how splendldlv you marched to the battle year after year. What is the reason rea-son then? Because by the political power pow-er of the Mormon church there has been Inaugurated an understanding with the Republican administration at Washington. Washing-ton. That's why. Bollcvc mo, my Demi ooratlc friends. It would have boon the samo with the Democratic party If It had been in power. The only reason why our grat party Is not tho benetlclary is because our great party has nothing which It can of for of value to tho Mormon Mor-mon church. Runs Idaho Politics. It was testified In the Smoot investigation investi-gation that both parlies from Idaho send their chairmen down to Salt Lako to ascertain how Idaho was going to go in her elections. And you and I know-that In the old days Wyoming sent a messenger messen-ger every two ur four years to ascertain ascer-tain how It was desired that thcsena-torlol thcsena-torlol elections in that state should go. It Isn't necessary now because an apostlo apos-tlo of the Mormon church has hla official offi-cial residence In Washington, unit all he has to do Is to confer with the heads of tho party and llnd out how much they will confer and then exchange tho goods. And when the president of tho United States comes to Snlt Lake City ho sits In tho tabernacle side by side with the greater president wlllitn Utah, tho head of the Mormon church. Thai's why. v And when tho national administration thus , singles oul lawbreakers and covonant covo-nant breakers because of the political power which they can contribute, how can you and I hope to break this tremendous tre-mendous combine? The solidifying of the Mormon power with tho great Interests In-terests of the United States, the sugar trust, the salt trust, the stool trust, the smelter trust and the railroad trust, had In Washington as a companion for Mr. Aldrlch, and as the National Magazine has It. an errand boy for Aldrlch, a. Mormon apostle who delivers his own vote and Sutherland's and the senators of the other states elected by power of the Mormon Mor-mon church. Thai Is why you cannot break It. and until wo can break the league which the national administration at Washington hnu wllh the power of the Mormon church we cannot work out the complete redemption of Utah, and you know It A Possible Remedy. I called at Washington in the old days of distress and pledged them to holp set Utah free. And I am going now in a wider way to appeal through a national magazliio to tho sentiment of this nation na-tion to ask whethor tho great American poople approve the combhio between the politicians and the polygamlsls. If Ihev do. let us ascertain It once for nil. If we break that combino you will sec how quickly there will be recession from the autocracy. I went to beg that tho nation would set us free. I am here to bog that wo will be prepared when tho nation shall again set us free. We were more In the enjoyment of the spirit of liberty In old territorial days than now. Ap citizens within a territory we recognized thut we did not have full political rights, but wc tried to excicl.se .all we had. But an citizens of the slate in the pretended enjoyment of all the rights of equalltv we aro nol pormitted to exercise our full political prerogative, and you know It. Utah's Rightful Aspirations. Oh. my fellow Americans, where is the' splendid future to which we should be aspiring for this splendid Utah? If adversity ad-versity teaclies the most valuable lessons, les-sons, why oughl not Utah lo Btand for-evermore for-evermore as a monitor among the suites for splondld obedience to lay nnd high Ideals? What other slate has passed through such travail as Utah before ll won Its rights? For what other stale did Ihe nation forgive so much? What other people ever yearned for the magnificence mag-nificence of American citizenship so much as wc? The men who came lo Utah across the plains came here in pursuance of their desiro for liberty, and the Gentiles Gen-tiles who came afterwards came to establish es-tablish a wider liberty than ever the pioneers pio-neers had dreamed of. When once more we sot Utah free we will keep her free. When once we break the combine between be-tween the prophets ,and politicians of the church and the Interests and the politicians poli-ticians at Washington, all the destiny to which we have a right as American citizens to aspire Is within our grasp and this applies to Mormon. Jew and Gentile within tho stato of Utah. |